Rohit Sharma Interview: Siraj keeps fighting with captain Rohit for bowling, revealed in conversation with Irfan
After the victory in Nagpur, Rohit Sharma said in a conversation with Irfan Pathan that the bowlers keep telling him to let me bowl.
In Nagpur, the Indian team defeated Australia by an innings and 132 runs on the third day itself to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. Captain Rohit Sharma looked very happy after this victory and had a lot of fun in conversation with Irfan Pathan. In this conversation, he also made many funny revelations related to the team. Rohit told that Siraj is often eager to bowl and keeps asking him for the ball.
In the first match of the Border Gavaskar series, Ashwin took eight wickets and completed his 450 wickets in Tests. He took five wickets in an innings for the 25th time in a Test. For. At the same time, Jadeja did the feat of taking five wickets in an innings of the 11th Test match. Siraj and Shami also did their job by taking wickets at the beginning and end of the innings.
Every one of them is close to the record. Every day some record is made. Somebody is taking five wickets, somebody takes 250 wickets, somebody takes 450 wickets. So every day, someone or the other is creating a record. I don't really know about records. These guys come and tell me, 'I am near 250, give me the ball man, they are near 450, give me the ball man. I have got four wickets, I need five. I am nearing 250 wickets, give me the ball, he is nearing 400, he says give me the ball.
He further said that it is sometimes difficult to control Siraj and the rest of the Indian bowlers. Rohit recalled a match and said "In Trivandrum, I think we got Sri Lanka out very cheaply and Siraj was on four wickets. He bowled 10 overs in those 22 overs as he needed five wickets. He wasn't stopping so I had to tell him that a Test series is coming."
It has become easier. After this match, Australia's team is in first place with 70.83 percent marks and India is in second place with 61.67 percent marks. However, India still need to win two more of the remaining three Tests in the series to guarantee themselves a minimum scoring percentage of 62.50. In this situation, the third-placed Sri Lankan team will be out of the race for the final. Minimum marks percentage of 50 can be guaranteed. In this situation, the third-placed Sri Lankan team will be out of the race for the final. Minimum marks percentage of 50 can be guaranteed. In this situation, the third-placed Sri Lankan team will be out of the race for the final.